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								<a class="oxford3000" href="https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/wordlist/english/oxford3000/"> </a><span class="z"> </span><h2 class="h">love</h2><span class="z"> </span><span class="pos">verb</span></div><span class="pos-g" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbac01393.-326d" id="love_2__4"><span class="pos" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbac01393.-326c" id="love_2__5">verb</span></span> <div class="pron-gs ei-g" eid="love_2__6"><span class="pron-g" trans="ald8" geo="br" id="love_2__7"><span class="prefix"><span class="blue">BrE</span></span> <span class="phon" eid="love_2__8" dpsid="u87edc89808edd67c.29752a59.160daa4653b.e1"><span class="bre">BrE</span><span class="separator">/</span><span class="wrap">/</span>lʌv<span class="wrap">/</span><span class="separator">/</span></span><div class="sound audio_play_button pron-uk icon-audio" data-src-mp3="https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/media/english/uk_pron/l/lov/love_/love__gb_1.mp3" data-src-ogg="https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/media/english/uk_pron_ogg/l/lov/love_/love__gb_1.ogg" title=" pronunciation English" style="cursor: pointer" valign="top"> </div></span><span class="sep">;</span> <span class="pron-g" trans="ald8" geo="n_am" id="love_2__9"><span class="prefix"><span class="red">NAmE</span></span> <span class="phon" eid="love_2__10" dpsid="u87edc89808edd67c.29752a59.160daa4653b.e4"><span class="name">NAmE</span><span class="separator">/</span><span class="wrap">/</span>lʌv<span class="wrap">/</span><span class="separator">/</span></span><div class="sound audio_play_button pron-us icon-audio" data-src-mp3="https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/media/english/us_pron/l/lov/love_/love__us_1.mp3" data-src-ogg="https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/media/english/us_pron_ogg/l/lov/love_/love__us_1.ogg" title=" pronunciation American" style="cursor: pointer" valign="top"> </div></span></div><span class="collapse" title="Verb Forms"><span class="unbox" unbox="verbforms" dpsref="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.32994981.14e72d38a4e.-2d46" id="love_2__11" psg="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbac01393.-326a" dpsresource="VERB_FORMS" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.52a0ebc2.14e966d023b.34b7"><span class="heading">Verb Forms</span><span class="body"><span class="vp-g" dpsid="u7f89d943e98abfe7.-4db24fac.16164a1d90d.-234f" form="root" id="love_2__12"><span class="vp" id="love_2__13" dpsid="u7f89d943e98abfe7.-4db24fac.16164a1d90d.-234e"> <span class="prefix">present simple I / you / we / they</span> love</span> <div class="pron-gs ei-g" eid="love_2__14" verbform="y"><span class="pron-g" trans="ald8" geo="br" id="love_2__15"><span class="prefix"><span class="blue">BrE</span></span> <span class="phon" dpsid="u7f89d943e98abfe7.-4db24fac.16164a1d90d.-234b" eid="love_2__16"><span class="bre">BrE</span><span class="separator">/</span><span class="wrap">/</span>lʌv<span class="wrap">/</span><span class="separator">/</span></span><div class="sound audio_play_button pron-uk icon-audio" data-src-mp3="https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/media/english/uk_pron/l/lov/love_/love__gb_1.mp3" data-src-ogg="https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/media/english/uk_pron_ogg/l/lov/love_/love__gb_1.ogg" title=" pronunciation English" style="cursor: pointer" valign="top"> </div></span><span class="sep">;</span> <span class="pron-g" id="love_2__17" geo="n_am" trans="ald8"><span class="prefix"><span class="red">NAmE</span></span> <span class="phon" dpsid="u7f89d943e98abfe7.-4db24fac.16164a1d90d.-2348" eid="love_2__18"><span class="name">NAmE</span><span class="separator">/</span><span class="wrap">/</span>lʌv<span class="wrap">/</span><span class="separator">/</span></span><div class="sound audio_play_button pron-us icon-audio" data-src-mp3="https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/media/english/us_pron/l/lov/love_/love__us_1.mp3" data-src-ogg="https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/media/english/us_pron_ogg/l/lov/love_/love__us_1.ogg" title=" pronunciation American" style="cursor: pointer" valign="top"> </div></span></div></span><span class="vp-g" form="thirdps" id="love_2__19" dpsid="u7f89d943e98abfe7.-4db24fac.16164a1d90d.-2346"><span class="vp" dpsid="u7f89d943e98abfe7.-4db24fac.16164a1d90d.-2345" id="love_2__20"> <span class="prefix">he / she / it</span> loves</span> <div class="pron-gs ei-g" eid="love_2__21" verbform="y"><span class="pron-g" geo="br" id="love_2__22" trans="ald8"><span class="prefix"><span class="blue">BrE</span></span> <span class="phon" dpsid="u7f89d943e98abfe7.-4db24fac.16164a1d90d.-2342" eid="love_2__23"><span class="bre">BrE</span><span class="separator">/</span><span class="wrap">/</span>lʌvz<span class="wrap">/</span><span class="separator">/</span></span><div class="sound audio_play_button pron-uk icon-audio" data-src-mp3="https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/media/english/uk_pron/l/lov/loves/loves__gb_1.mp3" data-src-ogg="https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/media/english/uk_pron_ogg/l/lov/loves/loves__gb_1.ogg" title=" pronunciation English" style="cursor: pointer" valign="top"> </div></span><span class="sep">;</span> <span class="pron-g" id="love_2__24" geo="n_am" trans="ald8"><span class="prefix"><span class="red">NAmE</span></span> <span class="phon" dpsid="u7f89d943e98abfe7.-4db24fac.16164a1d90d.-233f" eid="love_2__25"><span class="name">NAmE</span><span class="separator">/</span><span class="wrap">/</span>lʌvz<span class="wrap">/</span><span class="separator">/</span></span><div class="sound audio_play_button pron-us icon-audio" data-src-mp3="https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/media/english/us_pron/l/lov/loves/loves__us_1.mp3" data-src-ogg="https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/media/english/us_pron_ogg/l/lov/loves/loves__us_1.ogg" title=" pronunciation American" style="cursor: pointer" valign="top"> </div></span></div></span><span class="vp-g" form="past" id="love_2__26" dpsid="u7f89d943e98abfe7.-4db24fac.16164a1d90d.-233d"><span class="vp" id="love_2__27" dpsid="u7f89d943e98abfe7.-4db24fac.16164a1d90d.-233c"> <span class="prefix">past simple</span> loved</span> <div class="pron-gs ei-g" eid="love_2__28" verbform="y"><span class="pron-g" trans="ald8" geo="br" id="love_2__29"><span class="prefix"><span class="blue">BrE</span></span> <span class="phon" eid="love_2__30" dpsid="u7f89d943e98abfe7.-4db24fac.16164a1d90d.-2339"><span class="bre">BrE</span><span class="separator">/</span><span class="wrap">/</span>lʌvd<span class="wrap">/</span><span class="separator">/</span></span><div class="sound audio_play_button pron-uk icon-audio" data-src-mp3="https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/media/english/uk_pron/l/lov/loved/loved__gb_1.mp3" data-src-ogg="https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/media/english/uk_pron_ogg/l/lov/loved/loved__gb_1.ogg" title=" pronunciation English" style="cursor: pointer" valign="top"> </div></span><span class="sep">;</span> <span class="pron-g" trans="ald8" geo="n_am" id="love_2__31"><span class="prefix"><span class="red">NAmE</span></span> <span class="phon" eid="love_2__32" dpsid="u7f89d943e98abfe7.-4db24fac.16164a1d90d.-2336"><span class="name">NAmE</span><span class="separator">/</span><span class="wrap">/</span>lʌvd<span class="wrap">/</span><span class="separator">/</span></span><div class="sound audio_play_button pron-us icon-audio" data-src-mp3="https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/media/english/us_pron/l/lov/loved/loved__us_1.mp3" data-src-ogg="https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/media/english/us_pron_ogg/l/lov/loved/loved__us_1.ogg" title=" pronunciation American" style="cursor: pointer" valign="top"> </div></span></div></span><span class="vp-g" dpsid="u7f89d943e98abfe7.-4db24fac.16164a1d90d.-2334" form="pastpart" id="love_2__33"><span class="vp" dpsid="u7f89d943e98abfe7.-4db24fac.16164a1d90d.-2333" id="love_2__34"> <span class="prefix">past participle</span> loved</span> <div class="pron-gs ei-g" eid="love_2__35" verbform="y"><span class="pron-g" id="love_2__36" geo="br" trans="ald8"><span class="prefix"><span class="blue">BrE</span></span> <span class="phon" eid="love_2__37" dpsid="u7f89d943e98abfe7.-4db24fac.16164a1d90d.-2330"><span class="bre">BrE</span><span class="separator">/</span><span class="wrap">/</span>lʌvd<span class="wrap">/</span><span class="separator">/</span></span><div class="sound audio_play_button pron-uk icon-audio" data-src-mp3="https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/media/english/uk_pron/l/lov/loved/loved__gb_1.mp3" data-src-ogg="https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/media/english/uk_pron_ogg/l/lov/loved/loved__gb_1.ogg" title=" pronunciation English" style="cursor: pointer" valign="top"> </div></span><span class="sep">;</span> <span class="pron-g" trans="ald8" id="love_2__38" geo="n_am"><span class="prefix"><span class="red">NAmE</span></span> <span class="phon" eid="love_2__39" dpsid="u7f89d943e98abfe7.-4db24fac.16164a1d90d.-232d"><span class="name">NAmE</span><span class="separator">/</span><span class="wrap">/</span>lʌvd<span class="wrap">/</span><span class="separator">/</span></span><div class="sound audio_play_button pron-us icon-audio" data-src-mp3="https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/media/english/us_pron/l/lov/loved/loved__us_1.mp3" data-src-ogg="https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/media/english/us_pron_ogg/l/lov/loved/loved__us_1.ogg" title=" pronunciation American" style="cursor: pointer" valign="top"> </div></span></div></span><span class="vp-g" dpsid="u7f89d943e98abfe7.-4db24fac.16164a1d90d.-232b" form="prespart" id="love_2__40"><span class="vp" id="love_2__41" dpsid="u7f89d943e98abfe7.-4db24fac.16164a1d90d.-232a"> <span class="prefix">-ing form</span> loving</span> <div class="pron-gs ei-g" eid="love_2__42" verbform="y"><span class="pron-g" geo="br" id="love_2__43" trans="ald8"><span class="prefix"><span class="blue">BrE</span></span> <span class="phon" eid="love_2__44" dpsid="u7f89d943e98abfe7.-4db24fac.16164a1d90d.-2327"><span class="bre">BrE</span><span class="separator">/</span><span class="wrap">/</span>ˈlʌvɪŋ<span class="wrap">/</span><span class="separator">/</span></span><div class="sound audio_play_button pron-uk icon-audio" data-src-mp3="https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/media/english/uk_pron/l/lov/lovin/loving__gb_1.mp3" data-src-ogg="https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/media/english/uk_pron_ogg/l/lov/lovin/loving__gb_1.ogg" title=" pronunciation English" style="cursor: pointer" valign="top"> </div></span><span class="sep">;</span> <span class="pron-g" id="love_2__45" geo="n_am" trans="ald8"><span class="prefix"><span class="red">NAmE</span></span> <span class="phon" dpsid="u7f89d943e98abfe7.-4db24fac.16164a1d90d.-2324" eid="love_2__46"><span class="name">NAmE</span><span class="separator">/</span><span class="wrap">/</span>ˈlʌvɪŋ<span class="wrap">/</span><span class="separator">/</span></span><div class="sound audio_play_button pron-us icon-audio" data-src-mp3="https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/media/english/us_pron/l/lov/lovin/loving__us_1.mp3" data-src-ogg="https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/media/english/us_pron_ogg/l/lov/lovin/loving__us_1.ogg" title=" pronunciation American" style="cursor: pointer" valign="top"> </div></span></div></span></span></span></span><span class="res-g" hide="y" psg="top_topics"> <span class="xr-gs" xref_type="internal"><a class="Ref" href="https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/topic/love/love_4" title="Topic Love"><span class="xr-g" resource="topicdict"><span class="xh">Love</span></span></a></span></span><div class="clear"> </div>
                                                <div class="btn icon-left-colapse wl-add"><a id="add-to-mywordlist-link" href="https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/mywordlist/">Add to my wordlist</a></div><a class="responsive_display_inline_on_smartphone link-right" href="#relatedentries">jump to other results</a><br/></div></div><span class="sn-gs" id="love_2__47" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbac01393.-324f"> <span class="shcut" id="love_2__48" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbac01393.-324e">feel affection</span><li class="sn-g" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbac01393.-324d" ox3000="y" id="love_2__49"><span class="num">1 </span><span class="sym_first">
                                <a class="oxford3000" href="https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/wordlist/english/oxford3000/"> </a></span><span class="cf" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbac01393.-324b" id="love_2__50"><span class="exp" id="love_2__51" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbac01393.-324a">love</span> somebody/something</span> <span class="use" id="love_2__52" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbac01393.-3249"><span class="wrap">(</span>not used in the progressive tenses<span class="wrap">)</span></span> <span class="def" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbac01393.-3248" id="love_2__53">to have very strong feelings of affection for somebody</span><span class="x-gs" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbac01393.-3247" id="love_2__54"><span class="x-g" id="love_2__55" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbac01393.-3246"> <span class="rx-g" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbac01393.-3245" resource="recx" id="love_2__56"><span class="x" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.d396464.14cb3b2f8c8.5934" id="love_2__57">I love you.</span></span></span><span class="x-g" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbac01393.-3244" id="love_2__60"> <span class="rx-g" resource="recx" id="love_2__61" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbac01393.-3243"><span class="x" id="love_2__62" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.d396464.14cb3b2f8c8.5937">If you love each other, why not get married?</span></span></span><span class="x-g" id="love_2__65" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbac01393.-3242"> <span class="rx-g" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbac01393.-3241" id="love_2__66" resource="recx"><span class="x" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.d396464.14cb3b2f8c8.593a" id="love_2__67">Her much-loved brother lay dying of AIDS.</span></span></span><span class="x-g" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbac01393.-3240" id="love_2__70"> <span class="rx-g" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbac01393.-323f" resource="recx" id="love_2__71"><span class="x" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.d396464.14cb3b2f8c8.593d" id="love_2__72">He had become a well-loved member of staff.</span></span></span><span class="x-g" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbac01393.-323e" id="love_2__75"> <span class="rx-g" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbac01393.-323d" id="love_2__76" resource="recx"><span class="x" id="love_2__77" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.d396464.14cb3b2f8c8.5940">Relatives need time to grieve over <span class="cl"><strong>loved ones</strong></span> they have lost.</span></span></span><span class="x-g" id="love_2__81" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbac01393.-323c"> <span class="x" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbac01393.-323b" id="love_2__82">to love your country</span></span></span><span class="collapse" title="Synonyms"><span class="unbox" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbac01393.-31eb" unbox="synonyms" id="love_2__83"> <span class="heading">Synonyms</span><span class="body" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbac01393.-31ea" id="love_2__84"><span class="h1" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbac01393.-31e9" id="love_2__85">love</span><span class="inline" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbac01393.-31e8" id="love_2__86"><span class="li" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbac01393.-31e7" id="love_2__87">like</span> <span class="li" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbac01393.-31e6" id="love_2__88">be fond of somebody</span> <span class="li" id="love_2__89" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbac01393.-31e5">adore</span> <span class="li" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbac01393.-31e4" id="love_2__90">be devoted to somebody</span> <span class="li" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbac01393.-31e3" id="love_2__91">care for somebody</span> <span class="li" id="love_2__92" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbac01393.-31e2">dote on somebody</span></span><span class="p" id="love_2__93" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbac01393.-31e1">These words all mean to have feelings of love or affection for somebody.</span><span class="deflist" id="love_2__94" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbac01393.-31e0"><span class="li" id="love_2__95" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbac01393.-31df"><span class="eb" id="love_2__96" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbac01393.-31de">love</span> to have strong feelings of affection for somebody:<span class="x-gs" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbac01393.-31dd" id="love_2__97"><span class="x-g" id="love_2__98" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbac01393.-31dc"><span class="rx-g" id="love_2__99" psg="RECXbreadcrumbtrail_11349" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.7cee736d.14df79e4188.35a2"><span class="x" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.7cee736d.14df79e4188.35ae" id="love_2__100">I love you.</span></span></span></span></span><span class="li" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbac01393.-31da" id="love_2__103"><span class="eb" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbac01393.-31d9" id="love_2__104">like</span> to find somebody pleasant and enjoy being with them:<span class="x-gs" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbac01393.-31d8" id="love_2__105"><span class="x-g" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbac01393.-31d7" id="love_2__106"><span class="rx-g" id="love_2__107" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.7cee736d.14df79e4188.35a3" psg="RECXbreadcrumbtrail_11350"><span class="x" id="love_2__108" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.7cee736d.14df79e4188.35b1">She’s nice. I like her.</span></span></span></span></span><span class="li" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbac01393.-31d5" id="love_2__111"><span class="eb" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbac01393.-31d4" id="love_2__112">be fond of somebody</span> to feel affection for somebody, especially somebody you have known for a long time:<span class="x-gs" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbac01393.-31d3" id="love_2__113"><span class="x-g" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbac01393.-31d2" id="love_2__114"><span class="rx-g" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.7cee736d.14df79e4188.35a4" psg="RECXbreadcrumbtrail_11351" id="love_2__115"><span class="x" id="love_2__116" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.7cee736d.14df79e4188.35b4">I’ve always been very fond of your mother.</span></span></span></span></span><span class="li" id="love_2__119" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbac01393.-31d0"><span class="eb" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbac01393.-31cf" id="love_2__120">adore</span> to love somebody very much:<span class="x-gs" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbac01393.-31ce" id="love_2__121"><span class="x-g" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbac01393.-31cd" id="love_2__122"><span class="rx-g" id="love_2__123" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.7cee736d.14df79e4188.35a5" psg="RECXbreadcrumbtrail_11352"><span class="x" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.7cee736d.14df79e4188.35b7" id="love_2__124">It’s obvious that she adores him.</span></span></span></span></span><span class="li" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbac01393.-31cb" id="love_2__127"><span class="eb" id="love_2__128" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbac01393.-31ca">be devoted to somebody</span> to love somebody very much and be loyal to them:<span class="x-gs" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbac01393.-31c9" id="love_2__129"><span class="x-g" id="love_2__130" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbac01393.-31c8"><span class="rx-g" psg="RECXbreadcrumbtrail_11353" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.7cee736d.14df79e4188.35a6" id="love_2__131"><span class="x" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.7cee736d.14df79e4188.35ba" id="love_2__132">They are devoted to their children.</span></span></span></span></span><span class="li" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbac01393.-31c6" id="love_2__135"><span class="eb" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbac01393.-31c5" id="love_2__136">care for somebody</span> to love somebody, especially in a way that is based on strong affection or a feeling of wanting to protect them, rather than sex:<span class="x-gs" id="love_2__137" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbac01393.-31c4"><span class="x-g" id="love_2__138" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbac01393.-31c3"><span class="rx-g" id="love_2__139" psg="RECXbreadcrumbtrail_11354" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.7cee736d.14df79e4188.35a7"><span class="x" id="love_2__140" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.7cee736d.14df79e4188.35bd">He cared for her more than she realized.</span></span></span></span> <span class="un" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbac01393.-31c1" un="note" id="love_2__143"><span class="eb" id="love_2__144" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbac01393.-31c0">Care for somebody</span> is often used when somebody has not told anyone about their feelings or is just starting to be aware of them. It is also used when somebody wishes that somebody loved them, or doubts that somebody does:<span class="x-gs" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbac01393.-31bf" id="love_2__145"><span class="x-g" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbac01393.-31be" id="love_2__146"><span class="rx-g" psg="RECXbreadcrumbtrail_11355" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.7cee736d.14df79e4188.35a8" id="love_2__147"><span class="x" id="love_2__148" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.7cee736d.14df79e4188.35c0">If he really cared for you, he wouldn’t behave like that.</span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="li" id="love_2__151" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbac01393.-31bc"><span class="eb" id="love_2__152" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbac01393.-31bb">dote on somebody</span> to feel and show great love for somebody, ignoring their faults:<span class="x-gs" id="love_2__153" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbac01393.-31ba"><span class="x-g" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbac01393.-31b9" id="love_2__154"><span class="rx-g" id="love_2__155" psg="RECXbreadcrumbtrail_11356" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.7cee736d.14df79e4188.35a9"><span class="x" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.7cee736d.14df79e4188.35c3" id="love_2__156">He dotes on his children.</span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="h3" id="love_2__159" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbac01393.-31b7">Patterns</span><span class="bullet" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbac01393.-31b6" id="love_2__160"><span class="li" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbac01393.-31b5" id="love_2__161">	to <span class="eb" id="love_2__162" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbac01393.-31b4">really</span> love/​like/​adore/​care for/​dote on somebody</span><span class="li" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbac01393.-31b3" id="love_2__163">	to be <span class="eb" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbac01393.-31b2" id="love_2__164">really/​genuinely</span> fond of/​devoted to somebody</span><span class="li" id="love_2__165" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbac01393.-31b1">	to love/​like/​care for somebody <span class="eb" id="love_2__166" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbac01393.-31b0">very much</span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="snippet"><span class="collapse" title="Oxford Collocations Dictionary"><span class="unbox" unbox="colloc_snip"> <span class="heading">Oxford Collocations Dictionary</span><span class="body"><span class="shcut-g"> <span class="shcut">adverb</span><span class="unsn-g"><span class="coll-gs"><span class="coll-g"><span class="coll">dearly</span></span><span class="sep">,</span> <span class="coll-g"><span class="coll">deeply</span></span><span class="sep">,</span> <span class="coll-g"><span class="coll">passionately</span></span><span class="sep">,</span> <span class="coll-g"><span class="coll">…</span></span></span></span></span><span class="xr-gs" xref_type="external"> <span class="prefix">See</span> <a class="Ref" href="https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/collocations/love_2" title="full entry definition in Collocations
&#10;            "><span class="xr-g" resource="collocations" dpsref="uc0ec231edbf4e81b.423ca8c8.15b1ad2ed6a.-6461"><span class="xh">full entry</span></span></a></span></span></span></span></span> <span class="xr-gs" xref_type="internal"><span class="prefix">See related entries:</span> <a class="Ref" href="https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/topic/love/love_4" title="Topic Love"><span class="xr-g" resource="topicdict"><span class="xh">Love</span></span></a></span></li></span><span class="sn-gs" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbac01393.-323a" id="love_2__168"> <span class="shcut" id="love_2__169" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbac01393.-3239">like/enjoy</span><li class="sn-g" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbac01393.-3238" ox3000="y" id="love_2__170"><span class="num">2 </span><span class="sym_first">
                                <a class="oxford3000" href="https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/wordlist/english/oxford3000/"> </a></span><span class="def" id="love_2__171" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbac01393.-3236">to like or enjoy something very much</span> <span class="xr-gs" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbac01393.-3235" id="love_2__172" xref_type="internal"><span class="prefix">synonym</span> <a class="Ref" href="https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/adore" title="adore definition"><span class="xr-g" dpsresource="ALD9" dpsref="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbab9c8f4.5a8b" id="love_2__173" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbac01393.-3234"><span class="xh" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cce79fcd6.61eb" id="love_2__174">adore</span></span></a></span><span class="x-gs" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbac01393.-3232" id="love_2__175"><span class="x-g" id="love_2__176" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbac01393.-3231"> <span class="cf" id="love_2__177" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbac01393.-3230"><span class="exp" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbac01393.-322f" id="love_2__178">love</span> something</span> <span class="rx-g" resource="recx" id="love_2__179" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbac01393.-322e"><span class="x" id="love_2__180" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.d396464.14cb3b2f8c8.5944">I really love summer evenings.</span></span></span><span class="x-g" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbac01393.-322d" id="love_2__183"> <span class="rx-g" id="love_2__184" resource="recx" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbac01393.-322c"><span class="x" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.d396464.14cb3b2f8c8.5947" id="love_2__185"><span class="cl"><strong>I just love it when</strong></span> you bring me presents!</span></span></span><span class="x-g" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbac01393.-322b" id="love_2__189"> <span class="rx-g" resource="recx" id="love_2__190" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbac01393.-322a"><span class="x" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.d396464.14cb3b2f8c8.594b" id="love_2__191">He <span class="cl"><strong>loved the way</strong></span> she smiled.</span></span></span><span class="x-g" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbac01393.-3229" id="love_2__195"> <span class="rx-g" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbac01393.-3228" id="love_2__196" resource="recx"><span class="x" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.d396464.14cb3b2f8c8.594f" id="love_2__197">I <span class="cl"><strong>love it</strong></span> in Spain <span class="gl" id="love_2__199" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.d396464.14cb3b2f8c8.5951"><span class="wrap">(</span><span class="prefix">=</span> I like the life there<span class="wrap">)</span></span>.</span></span></span><span class="x-g" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbac01393.-3227" id="love_2__202"> <span class="rx-g" id="love_2__203" resource="recx" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbac01393.-3226"><span class="x" id="love_2__204" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.d396464.14cb3b2f8c8.5954">It was one of his best-loved songs.</span></span></span><span class="x-g" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbac01393.-3225" id="love_2__207"> <span class="label-g" id="love_2__208" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbac01393.-3224"><span class="wrap">(</span><span class="reg" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbac01393.-3223" reg="iron" id="love_2__209">ironic</span><span class="wrap">)</span></span> <span class="rx-g" resource="recx" id="love_2__210" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbac01393.-3222"><span class="x" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.d396464.14cb3b2f8c8.5957" id="love_2__211"><span class="cl"><strong>You're going to love this.</strong></span> They've changed their minds again.</span></span></span><span class="x-g" id="love_2__215" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbac01393.-321c"> <span class="cf" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbac01393.-3221" id="love_2__216"><span class="exp" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbac01393.-3220" id="love_2__217">love</span> doing something</span> <span class="label-g" id="love_2__218" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbac01393.-321f"><span class="wrap">(</span><span class="geo" geo="br" id="love_2__219" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbac01393.-321e">especially in British English</span><span class="wrap">)</span></span> <span class="rx-g" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbac01393.-321b" id="love_2__220" resource="recx"><span class="x" id="love_2__221" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.d396464.14cb3b2f8c8.595b">My dad loves going to football games.</span></span></span><span class="x-g" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbac01393.-3215" id="love_2__224"> <span class="cf" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbac01393.-321a" id="love_2__225"><span class="exp" id="love_2__226" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbac01393.-3219">love</span> to do something</span> <span class="label-g" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbac01393.-3218" id="love_2__227"><span class="wrap">(</span><span class="geo" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbac01393.-3217" id="love_2__228" geo="n_am">especially North American English</span><span class="wrap">)</span></span> <span class="rx-g" resource="recx" id="love_2__229" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbac01393.-3214"><span class="x" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.d396464.14cb3b2f8c8.595e" id="love_2__230">I love to go out dancing.</span></span></span><span class="x-g" id="love_2__233" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbac01393.-3213"> <span class="cf" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbac01393.-3212" id="love_2__234"><span class="exp" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbac01393.-3211" id="love_2__235">love</span> somebody/something to do something</span> <span class="rx-g" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbac01393.-3210" id="love_2__236" resource="recx"><span class="x" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.d396464.14cb3b2f8c8.5961" id="love_2__237">He loved her to sing to him.</span></span></span></span><span class="collapse" title="Synonyms"><span class="unbox" id="love_2__240" unbox="synonyms" dupedid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbabf992f.7a18"> <span class="heading">Synonyms</span><span class="body" id="love_2__241" dupedid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbabf992f.7a19"><span class="h1" id="love_2__242" dupedid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbabf992f.7a1a">like</span><span class="inline" id="love_2__243" dupedid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbabf992f.7a1b"><span class="li" id="love_2__244" dupedid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbabf992f.7a1c">love</span> <span class="li" dupedid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbabf992f.7a1d" id="love_2__245">be fond of</span> <span class="li" dupedid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbabf992f.7a1e" id="love_2__246">be keen on something</span> <span class="li" dupedid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbabf992f.7a1f" id="love_2__247">adore</span></span><span class="p" dupedid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbabf992f.7a20" id="love_2__248">These words all mean to find something pleasant, attractive or satisfactory, or to enjoy something.</span><span class="deflist" dupedid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbabf992f.7a21" id="love_2__249"><span class="li" dupedid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbabf992f.7a22" id="love_2__250"><span class="eb" dupedid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbabf992f.7a23" id="love_2__251">like</span> to find something pleasant, attractive or satisfactory; to enjoy something:<span class="x-gs" id="love_2__252" dupedid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbabf992f.7a24"><span class="x-g" dupedid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbabf992f.7a25" id="love_2__253"><span class="rx-g" psg="RECXbreadcrumbtrail_11086" dupedid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.7cee736d.14df79e4188.3179" id="love_2__254"><span class="x" dupedid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.7cee736d.14df79e4188.3185" id="love_2__255">Do you like their new house?</span></span></span> <span class="x-g" dupedid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbabf992f.7a27" id="love_2__258"><span class="rx-g" psg="RECXbreadcrumbtrail_11087" dupedid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.7cee736d.14df79e4188.317a" id="love_2__259"><span class="x" dupedid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.7cee736d.14df79e4188.3188" id="love_2__260">I like to see them enjoying themselves.</span></span></span></span></span><span class="li" id="love_2__263" dupedid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbabf992f.7a29"><span class="eb" dupedid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbabf992f.7a2a" id="love_2__264">love</span> to like or enjoy something very much:<span class="x-gs" dupedid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbabf992f.7a2b" id="love_2__265"><span class="x-g" dupedid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbabf992f.7a2c" id="love_2__266"><span class="rx-g" psg="RECXbreadcrumbtrail_11088" dupedid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.7cee736d.14df79e4188.317b" id="love_2__267"><span class="x" dupedid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.7cee736d.14df79e4188.318b" id="love_2__268">He loved the way she smiled.</span></span></span></span></span><span class="li" dupedid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbabf992f.7a2e" id="love_2__271"><span class="eb" dupedid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbabf992f.7a2f" id="love_2__272">be fond of something</span> to like or enjoy something, especially something you have liked or enjoyed for a long time:<span class="x-gs" dupedid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbabf992f.7a30" id="love_2__273"><span class="x-g" dupedid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbabf992f.7a31" id="love_2__274"><span class="rx-g" psg="RECXbreadcrumbtrail_11089" dupedid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.7cee736d.14df79e4188.317c" id="love_2__275"><span class="x" id="love_2__276" dupedid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.7cee736d.14df79e4188.318e">We were fond of the house and didn’t want to leave.</span></span></span></span></span><span class="li" id="love_2__279" dupedid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbabf992f.7a33"><span class="eb" id="love_2__280" dupedid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbabf992f.7a34">be keen on something</span> (<span class="label-g" dupedid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbabf992f.7a35" id="love_2__281" pnc="n"><span class="geo" dupedid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbabf992f.7a36" geo="br" id="love_2__282">British English</span></span><span class="ei" dupedid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbabf992f.7a37" id="love_2__283">informal</span>) (often used in negative statements) to like or enjoy something:<span class="x-gs" dupedid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbabf992f.7a38" id="love_2__284"><span class="x-g" dupedid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbabf992f.7a39" id="love_2__285"><span class="rx-g" id="love_2__286" dupedid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.7cee736d.14df79e4188.317d" psg="RECXbreadcrumbtrail_11090"><span class="x" dupedid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.7cee736d.14df79e4188.3191" id="love_2__287">I’m not keen on spicy food.</span></span></span> <span class="x-g" id="love_2__290" dupedid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbabf992f.7a3b"><span class="rx-g" psg="RECXbreadcrumbtrail_11091" dupedid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.7cee736d.14df79e4188.317e" id="love_2__291"><span class="x" id="love_2__292" dupedid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.7cee736d.14df79e4188.3194">She’s not keen on being told what to do.</span></span></span></span></span><span class="li" dupedid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbabf992f.7a3d" id="love_2__295"><span class="eb" dupedid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbabf992f.7a3e" id="love_2__296">adore</span> (<span class="ei" id="love_2__297" dupedid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbabf992f.7a3f">informal</span>) to like or enjoy something very much:<span class="x-gs" id="love_2__298" dupedid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbabf992f.7a40"><span class="x-g" dupedid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbabf992f.7a41" id="love_2__299"><span class="rx-g" psg="RECXbreadcrumbtrail_11092" dupedid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.7cee736d.14df79e4188.317f" id="love_2__300"><span class="x" dupedid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.7cee736d.14df79e4188.3197" id="love_2__301">She adores working with children.</span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="h3" dupedid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbabf992f.7a43" id="love_2__304">love or adore?</span><span class="bullet" id="love_2__305" dupedid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbabf992f.7a44"><span class="li" id="love_2__306" dupedid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbabf992f.7a45">	<span class="eb" dupedid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbabf992f.7a46" id="love_2__307">Adore</span> is more informal than <span class="eb" dupedid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbabf992f.7a47" id="love_2__308">love</span>, and is used to express a stronger feeling.</span></span><span class="h3" id="love_2__309" dupedid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbabf992f.7a48">Patterns</span><span class="bullet" dupedid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbabf992f.7a49" id="love_2__310"><span class="li" id="love_2__311" dupedid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbabf992f.7a4a">	to like/​love/​be fond of/​be keen on/​adore <span class="eb" dupedid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbabf992f.7a4b" id="love_2__312">doing something</span></span><span class="li" id="love_2__313" dupedid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbabf992f.7a4c">	to like/​love <span class="eb" dupedid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbabf992f.7a4d" id="love_2__314">to do something</span></span><span class="li" id="love_2__315" dupedid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbabf992f.7a4e">	to like/​love something <span class="eb" id="love_2__316" dupedid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbabf992f.7a4f">very much</span></span><span class="li" id="love_2__317" dupedid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbabf992f.7a50">	<span class="eb" id="love_2__318" dupedid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbabf992f.7a51">I</span> like/​love/​adore <span class="eb" dupedid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbabf992f.7a52" id="love_2__319">it</span> here/​there/​when…</span><span class="li" dupedid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbabf992f.7a53" id="love_2__320">	to like/​love/​adore <span class="eb" dupedid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbabf992f.7a54" id="love_2__321">the way</span> somebody does something</span><span class="li" dupedid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbabf992f.7a55" id="love_2__322">	to <span class="eb" id="love_2__323" dupedid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbabf992f.7a56">really</span> like/​love/​adore somebody/​something</span><span class="li" id="love_2__324" dupedid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbabf992f.7a57">	to be <span class="eb" id="love_2__325" dupedid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbabf992f.7a58">really</span> fond of/​keen on something</span></span></span></span></span><span class="snippet"><span class="collapse" title="Oxford Collocations Dictionary"><span class="unbox" unbox="colloc_snip"> <span class="heading">Oxford Collocations Dictionary</span><span class="body"><span class="shcut-g"> <span class="shcut">adverb</span><span class="unsn-g"><span class="coll-gs"><span class="coll-g"><span class="coll">dearly</span></span><span class="sep">,</span> <span class="coll-g"><span class="coll">deeply</span></span><span class="sep">,</span> <span class="coll-g"><span class="coll">passionately</span></span><span class="sep">,</span> <span class="coll-g"><span class="coll">…</span></span></span></span></span><span class="xr-gs" xref_type="external"> <span class="prefix">See</span> <a class="Ref" href="https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/collocations/love_2" title="full entry definition in Collocations
&#10;            "><span class="xr-g" resource="collocations" dpsref="uc0ec231edbf4e81b.423ca8c8.15b1ad2ed6a.-6461"><span class="xh">full entry</span></span></a></span></span></span></span></span> <span class="xr-gs" xref_type="internal"><span class="prefix">See related entries:</span> <a class="Ref" href="https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/topic/love/love_4" title="Topic Love"><span class="xr-g" resource="topicdict"><span class="xh">Love</span></span></a></span></li><li class="sn-g" ox3000="y" id="love_2__327" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbac01393.-320c"><span class="num">3 </span><span class="sym_first">
                                <a class="oxford3000" href="https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/wordlist/english/oxford3000/"> </a></span><span class="v-gs" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbac01393.-320b" type="alt" id="love_2__328"><span class="v-g" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbac01393.-320a" id="love_2__329"><span class="v"><strong>would love</strong></span></span></span> <span class="def" id="love_2__331" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbac01393.-3208">used to say that you would very much like something</span><span class="x-gs" id="love_2__332" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbac01393.-3207"><span class="x-g" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbac01393.-3206" id="love_2__333"> <span class="cf" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbac01393.-3205" id="love_2__334"><span class="exp" id="love_2__335" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbac01393.-3204">love</span> to do something</span> <span class="rx-g" resource="recx" id="love_2__336" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbac01393.-3203"><span class="x" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.d396464.14cb3b2f8c8.5964" id="love_2__337">Come on Rory, the kids would love to hear you sing.</span></span></span><span class="x-g" id="love_2__340" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbac01393.-3202"> <span class="rx-g" id="love_2__341" resource="recx" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbac01393.-3201"><span class="x" id="love_2__342" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.d396464.14cb3b2f8c8.5967">I haven't been to Brazil, but I'd love to go.</span></span></span><span class="x-g" id="love_2__345" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbac01393.-3200"> <span class="cf" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbac01393.-31ff" id="love_2__346"><span class="exp" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbac01393.-31fe" id="love_2__347">love</span> somebody/something to do something</span> <span class="rx-g" resource="recx" id="love_2__348" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbac01393.-31fd"><span class="x" id="love_2__349" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.d396464.14cb3b2f8c8.596a">I'd love her to come and live with us.</span></span></span><span class="x-g" id="love_2__352" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbac01393.-31fc"> <span class="cf" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbac01393.-31fb" id="love_2__353"><span class="exp" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbac01393.-31fa" id="love_2__354">love</span> something</span> <span class="rx-g" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbac01393.-31f9" resource="recx" id="love_2__355"><span class="x" dialog="y" id="love_2__356" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.d396464.14cb3b2f8c8.596d">‘Cigarette?’ ‘I'd love one, but I've just given up.’</span></span></span></span><span class="snippet"><span class="collapse" title="Oxford Collocations Dictionary"><span class="unbox" unbox="colloc_snip"> <span class="heading">Oxford Collocations Dictionary</span><span class="body"><span class="shcut-g"> <span class="shcut">adverb</span><span class="unsn-g"><span class="coll-gs"><span class="coll-g"><span class="coll">dearly</span></span><span class="sep">,</span> <span class="coll-g"><span class="coll">deeply</span></span><span class="sep">,</span> <span class="coll-g"><span class="coll">passionately</span></span><span class="sep">,</span> <span class="coll-g"><span class="coll">…</span></span></span></span></span><span class="xr-gs" xref_type="external"> <span class="prefix">See</span> <a class="Ref" href="https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/collocations/love_2" title="full entry definition in Collocations
&#10;            "><span class="xr-g" dpsref="uc0ec231edbf4e81b.423ca8c8.15b1ad2ed6a.-6461" resource="collocations"><span class="xh">full entry</span></span></a></span></span></span></span></span></li></span><span class="res-g"><span class="collapse" title="Word Origin"><span class="unbox" id="love_2__359" unbox="wordorigin"> <span class="heading">Word Origin</span><span class="body" id="love_2__360"><span class="p" id="love_2__361">Old English <span class="ei" id="love_2__362">lufu</span>, of Germanic origin; from an Indo-European root shared by Sanskrit <span class="ei" psg="{tag=ff}" id="love_2__363">lubhyati</span> ‘desires’, Latin <span class="ei" psg="{tag=ff}" id="love_2__364">libet</span> ‘it is pleasing’, <span class="ei" id="love_2__365" psg="{tag=ff}">libido</span> ‘desire’, also by the noun <span class="eb" id="love_2__366" psg="{tag=xh}">leave</span> and <span class="eb" psg="{tag=xh}" id="love_2__367">lief</span>.</span></span></span></span><span class="collapse" title="Extra examples"><span class="unbox" unbox="Extra examples"><span class="heading">Extra examples</span><span class="body"><span class="x-gs" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.-4777033c.144219f65b1.3298" id="love_2__368"><span class="x-g" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.-4777033c.144219f65b1.3299" id="love_2__369"> <span class="x" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.-4777033c.144219f65b1.329a" id="love_2__370">Flowers are universally loved.</span></span><span class="x-g" id="love_2__371" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.-4777033c.144219f65b1.329b"> <span class="x" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.-4777033c.144219f65b1.329c" id="love_2__372">He loved his wife dearly.</span></span><span class="x-g" id="love_2__373" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.-4777033c.144219f65b1.329d"> <span class="x" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.-4777033c.144219f65b1.329e" id="love_2__374">He wanted to be unconditionally loved.</span></span><span class="x-g" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.-4777033c.144219f65b1.329f" id="love_2__375"> <span class="x" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.-4777033c.144219f65b1.32a0" id="love_2__376">I absolutely love your shoes!</span></span><span class="x-g" id="love_2__377" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.-4777033c.144219f65b1.32a1"> <span class="x" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.-4777033c.144219f65b1.32a2" id="love_2__378">I personally love the song.</span></span><span class="x-g" id="love_2__379" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.-4777033c.144219f65b1.32a3"> <span class="x" id="love_2__380" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.-4777033c.144219f65b1.32a4">She simply loved being involved.</span></span><span class="x-g" id="love_2__381" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.-4777033c.144219f65b1.32a5"> <span class="x" id="love_2__382" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.-4777033c.144219f65b1.32a6">He had become a well-loved and respected member the team.</span></span><span class="x-g" id="love_2__383" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.-4777033c.144219f65b1.32a7"> <span class="x" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.-4777033c.144219f65b1.32a8" id="love_2__384">I just love it when you bring me presents!</span></span><span class="x-g" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.-4777033c.144219f65b1.32a9" id="love_2__385"> <span class="x" id="love_2__386" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.-4777033c.144219f65b1.32aa">I’m loving every minute of this.</span></span><span class="x-g" id="love_2__387" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.-4777033c.144219f65b1.32ab"> <span class="x" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.-4777033c.144219f65b1.32ac" id="love_2__388">You’re going to love this. They’ve changed their minds again.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="idm-gs" id="love_2__389" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbac01393.-31f8"><span class="heading">Idioms</span> <span class="idm-g" id="love_2__390" sk="loveyouandleaveyou" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbac01393.-31f7"><div class="top-container"><div class="top-g" id="love_2__391" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbac01393.-31f6"><span class="idm" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbac01393.-31f5" id="love_2__392">love you and leave you</span><div class="clear"> </div>
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&#10;            "><span class="xr-g" resource="oldae"><span class="xh">love</span></span></a><span class="suffix"> in the Oxford Learner's Dictionary of Academic English</span></span><span class="xr-gs" xref_type="external"><span class="prefix">See </span><a class="Ref" href="https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/american_english/love_2" title="love definition in American English
&#10;            "><span class="xr-g" resource="oaad"><span class="xh">love</span></span></a><span class="suffix"> in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary</span></span></span><div class="pron-link">Check pronunciation: <a href="https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/pronunciation/english/love_2">love</a></div></div>
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                            <a href="https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/love_1#love_1__381" title="Definition of love from in English"><span class='arl8'>love from</span></a>
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